Robert Vincent O'Neil was an American writer and director.
O'Neil co-wrote and directed Angel, the cult 1983 film that spawned a low-budget franchise.
O'Neil also co-wrote the Hollywood-set Vice Squad (1982), a crime thriller starring Wings Hauser, co-wrote The Baltimore Bullet (1980), featuring James Coburn and Omar Sharif, and created the 1985-86 ABC series Lady Blue, whose main character was nicknamed "Dirty Harriet."
Earlier in his career, he served as a cameraman in Texas during the early years of television and as a property master for Richard Rush on Psych-Out (1968) and The Savage Seven (1968) and for Dennis Hopper on Easy Rider (1969).
O'Neil died March 12, 2022 in California. He was 91.